I need someone to explain the problem with having legalized gambling in Maryland. From what I have gathered in my stay here I know that Maryland is one big blue bleeding heart liberal state, no matter what “class” of society you’re from. I have not seen a blue-collar liberal until I was here — which may be slightly dishonest since I have lived here ever since I moved to the United States and have only been to a handful of others since then. At the same time, it’s pretty Southern enough to have such testicle-constricting in-your-face moralization from a deeply traditional base, which is in a way is not so bad at all, come to think of it. Values are as values go, as long as they stick to it in their own homes. Much like sex. Don’t make out in public, and keep your family values away from those of my family.

Now, the real question at hand: Given that Maryland rivals Taxachusetts in its money-grabbing liberalism, where is the objection to Gov. Bobby Ehrlich’s slot machines proposal coming from? If the promoters of traditional morality feel that legalized gambling is a threat to their families, they have got to be examining the paradigms around their families more than laying it on the Chief Executive of the Republic of Maryland. If the promoters of “good education” are tied in with the thumb-up-ass opponents of slots, where else would they want to grab money from to pump into their teachers’ unions? Is it because gambling revenue is “dirty money” acquired through the weaknesses and addictions of those gamblers that Maryland’s slots would attract?

Is not legalized gambling a great source for public revenue?

If the objections are from the tax-lovers out there, what gives? I mean, is not some better than none? Is it because the possible revenues and taxes on gambling winnings are not high enough? Because when it comes to taxes and money I do know that Maryland’s money grabbers want more more more and more.

So I ask. What in the world is the problem with slots?